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most citedDemonstrating sub-3 ps temporal resolution in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

565 citations · 3.7k across the 55 of their papers we have counts for

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57 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Characterization and Active Control of Position-Dependent Timing Dynamics in Superconducting Strip Single-Photon Detectors

Sahil R. Patel, Kristen M. Parzuchowski, Eli Mueller +6

Superconducting strip single-photon detectors (SSPDs) have emerged as scalable, wide-strip variants of traditional nanowire counterparts. Despite practical advantages including imp…

quant-ph2026

Certification of the genuine resolution of photon number resolving detectors

Jef Pauwels, Towsif Taher, Roope Uola +3

Photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors are essential components of photonic quantum technologies, yet thus far, no practical metric exists to certify how many photons they can gen…

quant-ph2026

Phase-correlation-free quantum key distribution source operating at gigahertz rates

Shashank Kumar, Alessandro Marcomini, Loïc Millet +8

Phase randomization is essential for the security of practical decoy-state quantum key distribution (QKD) systems. Commonly, implementations rely on laser sources which are either…

quant-ph2026

Analytical Model of Clock Drift in Quantum Key Distribution and a Simple Synchronization Algorithm

Loïc Millet, Boris Korzh, Rob Thew +1

Clock synchronization is critical for maintaining low error rates in quantum key distribution. Here, we describe how a frequency mismatch between the transmitter and receiver clock…

physics.optics2026

Enhanced Mid-Infrared Single-Photon Detection with Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Nanowires

Dip Joti Paul, Stewart Koppell, Gregor G. Taylor +7

Scaling the photon-detection area of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) has traditionally been achieved by nanowire meandering. However, material inhomogenei…

quant-ph2026

High-dimensional quantum communication with scalable photonic entanglement in time and frequency

Kai-Chi Chang, Murat Can Sarihan, Nicky Kai Hong Li +13

High-dimensional photonic entanglement holds significant promise for advancing quantum communication, computation, and metrology. For example, large-alphabet quantum communication…

astro-ph.IM2025

Characterisation of the Bedretto Underground Site for Fundamental Physics Experiments

Björn Penning, Nicolas Angelides, Laura Baudis +33

Underground laboratories provide the ultra-low background and low-vibration environments essential for rare-event searches, gravitational-wave detection, and quantum-sensing techno…

physics.ins-det2025

Towards High-Efficiency Particle Detection Using Superconducting Microwire Arrays

Christina Wang, Cristián Peña, Adolf Bornheim +17

We present a detailed study of an 8-channel mm WSi superconducting microwire single photon detector (SMSPD) array exposed to 120 GeV hadron beam and 120 GeV muon b…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Temperature-Dependent Characterization of Large-Area Superconducting Microwire Array with Single-Photon Sensitivity in the Near-Infrared

Christina Wang, Cristián Peña, Si Xie +6

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are a leading detector technology for time-resolved single-photon counting from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared regim…

quant-ph2025

Purcell-enhanced emissions from diamond color centers in slow light photonic crystal waveguides

Sophie W. Ding, Chang Jin, Kazuhiro Kuruma +11

Quantum memories based on emitters with optically addressable spins rely on efficient photonic interfaces, often implemented as nanophotonic cavities with ideally narrow spectral l…

quant-ph2025

Entanglement swapping systems toward a quantum internet

Samantha I. Davis, Raju Valivarthi, Andrew Cameron +14

We demonstrate conditional entanglement swapping, i.e. teleportation of entanglement, between time-bin qubits at the telecommunication wavelength of 1536.4 nm with high fidelity of…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

High-efficiency, high-count-rate 2D superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array

Fiona Fleming, Will McCutcheon, Emma E. Wollman +9

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the current leading technology for the detection of single-photons in the near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

High Energy Particle Detection with Large Area Superconducting Microwire Array

Cristián Peña, Christina Wang, Si Xie +12

We present the first detailed study of an 8-channel mm WSi superconducting microwire single photon detector (SMSPD) array exposed to 120 GeV proton beam and 8 GeV…

physics.ins-det2024★ 28 cited

An SNSPD-based detector system for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications project

Emma E. Wollman, Jason P. Allmaras, Andrew D. Beyer +8

We report on a free-space-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array developed for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications project (DSOC). The array serves as t…

physics.ins-det2024

Frequency-domain multiplexing of SNSPDs with tunable superconducting resonators

Sasha Sypkens, Lorenzo Minutolo, Sahil Patel +9

This work culminates in a demonstration of an alternative Frequency Domain Multiplexing (FDM) scheme for Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) using the Kinetic…

physics.ins-det2024★ 8 cited

Improvements of readout signal integrity in mid-infrared superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

Sahil R. Patel, Marco Colangelo, Andrew D. Beyer +6

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) with high timing resolution and low background counts in the mid infrared (MIR) have the potential to open up numerous opp…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

Experimental high-dimensional entanglement certification and quantum steering with time-energy measurements

Kai-Chi Chang, Murat Can Sarihan, Paul Erker +8

High-dimensional entanglement provides unique ways of transcending the limitations of current approaches in quantum information processing, quantum communications based on qubits.…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

High-rate multiplexed entanglement source based on time-bin qubits for advanced quantum networks

Andrew Mueller, Samantha Davis, Boris Korzh +7

Entanglement distribution based on time-bin qubits is an attractive option for emerging quantum networks. We demonstrate a 4.09 GHz repetition rate source of photon pairs entangled…

quant-ph2023

High-dimensional time-frequency entanglement in a singly-filtered biphoton frequency comb

Xiang Cheng, Kai-Chi Chang, Murat Can Sarihan +8

High-dimensional quantum entanglement is a cornerstone for advanced technology enabling large-scale noise-tolerant quantum systems, fault-tolerant quantum computing, and distribute…

quant-ph2023

Low-noise single-photon counting superconducting nanowire detectors at infrared wavelengths up to 29 m

Gregor G. Taylor, Alexander B. Walter, Boris Korzh +7

We report on the extension of the spectral sensitivity of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors to a wavelength of 29 m. This represents the first demonstration of a…

quant-ph2023★ 118 cited

A superconducting-nanowire single-photon camera with 400,000 pixels

Bakhrom G. Oripov, Dana S. Rampini, Jason Allmaras +4

For the last 50 years, superconducting detectors have offered exceptional sensitivity and speed for detecting faint electromagnetic signals in a wide range of applications. These d…

quant-ph2023

Entangled Photon Pair Source Demonstrator using the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit System

Si Xie, Leandro Stefanazzi, Christina Wang +9

We report the first demonstration of using the Quantum Instrumentation and Control Kit (QICK) system on RFSoCFPGA technology to drive an entangled photon pair source and to detect…

physics.ins-det2023★ 28 cited

Large active-area superconducting microwire detector array with single-photon sensitivity in the near-infrared

Jamie S. Luskin, Ekkehart Schmidt, Boris Korzh +16

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the highest-performing technology for time-resolved single-photon counting from the UV to the near-infrared. The recen…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

High-speed detection of 1550 nm single photons with superconducting nanowire detectors

Ioana Craiciu, Boris Korzh, Andrew D. Beyer +8

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are a key technology for quantum information and science due to their high efficiency, low timing jitter, and low dark counts. In t…